https://www.cwts.nl/news Latest CWTS news items en-EN Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:20:49 +0200 https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2s2a4 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:01:00 +0100 On 28 January 2025, Philip Purnell successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2s2a4&title=congratulations-dr-philip-purnell https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2s274 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0100 As of 1 December 2024, Uta Wehn is a professor by special appointment of the chair "Citizen Science and Sustainability". https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2s274&title=uta-wehn-new-professor-by-special-appointment-for-citizen-science-and-sustainability https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2s264 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:06:00 +0100 Dutch knowledge institutions are taking steps to recognise and reward open science. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2s264&title=open-science-in-recruitment-and-promotion-policies https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2s244 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0100 MetaROR, a new open peer review platform, was launched today at the AIMOS 2024 conference in Canberra, Australia. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2s244&title=introducing-metaror-an-open-peer-review-platform-for-metaresearch https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2r2a4 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:10:00 +0200 Last week, the EARLI SIG 24 Workshop 2024 took place from 25 to 27 September at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) in Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2r2a4&title=earli-sig-24-workshop-on-fostering-researcher-independence https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2r274 Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0200 As of 1 September 2024, Thed van Leeuwen is appointed chair in "Monitoring Open Science Policies and Practices". https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2r274&title=thed-van-leeuwen-new-professor-by-special-appointment-for-monitoring-open-science-policies-and-practices https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2r264 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Data about COVID-19 were everywhere during the pandemic, but how will all this data continue to be managed and kept open so that it is usable in the future? https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2r264&title=kathleen-gregory-receives-veni-grant-for-research-on-the-sustainability-of-open-data-infrastructures https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2r254 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0200 On 20 June 2024, Jamal El Ouahi successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2r254&title=congratulations-dr-jamal-el-ouahi https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2q294 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Today the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, signed by over 40 organizations, including prominent universities and research funders, was published. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2q294&title=barcelona-declaration-promotes-openness-of-research-information https://www.cwts.nl/m-z284?article=n-t2q244 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0100 Today we launched the new Leiden Ranking Open Edition, based on open and reproducible data, providing a transparency and rigor absent from traditional ranking systems. https://www.cwts.nl/news?article=n-t2q244&title=release-of-the-leiden-ranking-open-edition